THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , JANUARY 1 , 1880.
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IHE BEE PUBLISHIHElJPIiiiy. . PROPlllEIIlRS ,
OMAHA ought id .swear oil' erecting
four story brick buildings on 11 vo .story
busliis block * .
IK Mar-hid rummings and Maurice
SiiIliMiu would swear oil' swearing at
nl t'lii'li olliiii1 everyone would be grat-
ftil
T.VI.MAUI : , the \vifo of tlio Brook
lyn preacher , lectures uvcry Sunday to a
class of ! ! ' ) ( ) men anil women , Tlio rust
of tlie week she lectures lier husband.
Ml ! I ! VMUI.I. will once more head the
committee on appropriations , but with
: ill tlio principal bills in the hands of
other committees his wings will bu pretty
well i lipped.
Wi : tispcel that tliu proposition to or-
gani/.o a balallion ot cowboys to clean
out I ho Apaches Is nothing more nor lesj
than a ily sclieine to { jot rid of a mimbur
of cowboy.
11' the warm wave that has been linger
ing iiroimd Omalia for the hisl few duys
bhould happen to strike St. Paul , wo
would advise the enterprising eiti'/.ens of
that i'Ui to get thejr ice palace insured.
0i.i ! thirty tlioiisand Chicagoims have
not paid their water tax , and the delin
quency iimounH to ? ; JOO,000. Tli ey pay
their whisky tav much more promptly , if
the tact that there are now three thousand
Jiei'ii.sed saloons in Chicago is to bu taken
a.s evidence.
AT the while house reception on Wed
nesday , HID president in shaking hands
averaged Mxtcoti shakes 11 minute , lie is
getting his hand in to give home of the
ollioo seekers the shako with the opening
of the New Vear.
\iewofthe fact that a hydropho-
biae waye is about to spread o vor the
country the que tiou naturally arises
what shall we do with our dogs * We
would suggest that they bo taxed and
compelled to contribute to the public
welfare and treasury.
A i' Russian railway stations passengers
find u "grievance book" in which they
may enter , complaints. This record of
wrongs reaches the central ollico onee a
month , when the complaints : ire investi
gated. Probably they have never heard
of the Nebraska commission out in Kusshi
or ii copy of the grievance book \\ould
be on lile in Lincoln.
1'Asrnt uS method in treating hydropho
bia is very simple indeed , lie inoculates
persons who have not the disease , and of
course they escape. This would seem to
be the method pursued with the four New
ark children , who , so far as we have been
able to learn from the dispatches , luivo
not been attacked with the hydrophobia ,
although bitten by dogs.
Tin : Chicago A'cios forms u correct es
timate of the parties who are making
sueh vigorous iiisniilu on Land Commis
sioner Sparks , "Tho mendacious howl
ers , ' ' says tlio Xciua , "opened their yawp
ing Intterics on William K. Svvit/ler some
months tig * ) . Finding this task nnpr.jfit-
able , they turned their mud-guns on
Land Commis-sioner Sparks. Failing
with this public servant , they will pres
ently choose some ether target for their
cheap blackguardism. The mendacious
howlers must have u victim ; it doesn't
particularly distress the victim and it
gives the mendacious howlers employ-
SOMI : of the political wiseacres arc
cudgelling their brains to know what will
bo the official status of suspended ollico
holdeis who-o successors arc not con
firmed when the senate adjourns. It is
reported that Justice Miller has said that
such parties are entitled to their original
positions. The Globe- Democrat strikes
the null srjnaroly on the head when it
comments as follows ; "It is doubtful if
Judge Miller has expressed any opinion
upon n question that is liable to c.ome before -
fore the supreme court for decision ; but
granting the view attributed to him to bo
correct as a point of law , it does not fol
low that suspended olllecrs could derive
any practical advantage from" it. With
the adjournment of the senate the pros-
idont'H power of suspension will bo re
vived , and ho will only need to repeal
the process by which the ohango was
cllbotcd in the lir t pluco , and the restored
ollloinl will go out again. As a matter of
fact , a suspension amounts to a removal ,
and it is useless to discuss it in any other
_ _ _
IT is a mortifying fact that the Apaeho
atrocities continue in spite of all the ef
forts' nuido to suppress them iu the south
west. ( Sen. Crook's report clearly places
the responsibility for the present out
break where it belongs , and Unit is not
on his own shoulders. Divided responsi
bility at San Carlos and the meddling of
the Indian department with Capt. Craw
ford's management of the Chiricalmas
throw the Hrsl spark into the magazine.
But the question is not now ono of causes ,
Jt is simply how the outbreak pun bo
suppressed most rapidly and ( ho depre
daters punished most cfl'eetively. More
troops are needed in Arizona and they
bhould bo sent there iiimtmbar.3 sulllciont
to meet the emergency. Fresh liorsos are
nlso wanted , ami some arrangements
i l > it o ! . tipit nf
should bo mndo permnun , , u . - . -
horses of civilians while troops are iu
pursuit of hoslilcs , the owners to bo ro
uubursod by the government. As matters -
tors now go the ogilo Apaeho run travel
a hundred miles on : i stretch wlulo the
poorly mounted and overburdened cav
alryman weaken in marches of half the
distance.
The Presidential Succession ,
Mr. Hoar's presidential succession bill
will come up in the bouse immediately
after the holiday recc s. Tlio measure
has been changed in an important feat
ure since Its introduction in tlio last con
gress. Instead of providing that the in-
ciimbrncv of the cabinet ollieers as sue-
ee = oi > ' in line of tlio president and vice
president shall only continue until an
election can bo held to decide who is the
people's choice , Mr. Hoar's amended bill
empowers the secretary of Main or nil-
other member of the cabinet to act as
president until the end of the four years
term for which the dead or disabled presi
dent or vice pre idi'ut was elected. This
provision is likely to prevent the pa sage
of the Hoar bill. It is diflicult to under
stand why it was incorporated in the
measure. It is repugnant to the ideas of
the framers of the constitution and to the
spirit of that instrument which sought to
make the provident the people's choice
and provided for n new election with this
in view in case of the dea'h ' of both presi
dent and vice president. The succession
through the cabinet U only intended as n
device to prevent u gap in the ofliec of
the chief executive. It should be a tem
porary means for the attainment of a
speeilie end. The statutes delimtely pro
vide a remedy when once the chasm of
a few mouths of possible va
cancies in the ollices of
president ami vice-president are bridged
over. It wan the intent of the fathers of
tlio republic that the sense of the people
ple should determine the incumbency of
the presidential chair. UnderMr Hoar's
amendment bill the appointment of the
ox-president finally fixes his own suc
cessor for a term which may be nearly
the entire four years.
Mr. Uandall , in the house , has framed
a bill on a different basis , but which is
quite as objectionable. It provides for
the continuance of the electoral colleges
and tlio choice by them of a new vice-
president in eu o of the death or disability
of the president and vice-president. To
carry such a law into effect a great deal
of additional legislation would be nec
essary. Vacancies might and often
do occur among the members of federal
colleges before now bodies are
chosen. Provisions would have to be
made for the instant convening of these
bodies , who > o members , owing to the ex
igencies of business , might be scattered
across tlio Atlantic or o'n the ocean when
the necessity for their action arose. In
addition , the change lias nothing to com
mend it over Mr. Hoar's old measure ,
which was a simple and practical solu
tion of the difficulty.
The proper thing for the house to do
will be to amend Mr. Hoar's measure to
iis former provisions. To the temporary
incumbency of the presidential chair by
cabinet officers there can be no objection.
Uut as .soon : is possible the people should
be afforded an opportunity to make their
choice.
New Yeir'n : Day.
New Year's day had its origin in the
superstitious of the lioiminsv\ celebrat
ed the lirst day of the calendar year with
propitiatory sacrifices to Janus. The entire -
tire day was deemed sacred. Upon it
magistrates entered upon their incumben
cy of ollico , The streets wo o decked in
festal array and visits of compliment
wore general among all classes. The
Germans and especially tlio Holland
Dutch dedicated New Year's to the
cementing of friendships , and nearly
three centuries ago brought with thorn to
New Amsterdam tlio delightful custom of
New Year's visits. According to the
magazine of American history , tlic cus
tom of New Year's calls was confined
strictly to New York.
No other Amcricab city or town even
so much as contemplated borrowing it.
To Washington , when bo came to re
side in Now York as the first president of
the now republic , it was a novelty. Now
Year's came on Friday in 17HO ; Mrs.
Washington was therefore at home , it being -
ing her usual day of the week for receiv
ing calls. The president stood beside
her , with all the stillness for which ho
was remarkable. Guests began to arrive
at noon , and during the afternoon hours
came the vice president , the governor ,
the senators , representatives , foreign pub
lic characters , and all the principal gen
tlemen of the city ; while in tlio evening ,
such as remained were served with
tea , coffee and plum ami pan cake
Washington's curiosity found expression
before tlio company finally departed. Ho
asked a New Yorker whether such
Usages were casual or otherwise ; and. be
ing told that New Year's calling had al
ways been a feature of New York life ,
observed , with emphasis : "Tlio highly
favored situation of Now York will , in
the process of years , attract numerous
emigrants , who will gradually change its
customs and manners ; but , whatever
changes take place , never forget t'.io '
cordial and cheerful observance of New
Year's day. " Since then the custom has
winged its way to the remotest corners of
tlio land , from oeoiui to ocean , until
nearly every place of any Bl/.o on the
American continent maintains an inter
change of civilities on Now Year's day.
OrnciAi , changes in the Union Pacific
management seem to bo tlio order of the
day as they have been the order of the
year. There is a general elcnring out of
the old associates of the Clark-Gould
management , and a reorganization of tlio
staff , who arc to carry out tlio policy of
General Manager Cnllaway. The
now regime cannot help being
an improvement upon the old. The
lays of the Vining dynasty in
tlio freight department are still painfully
remembered by every patron of the com
pany , aud the antagonisms which that
autocrat of the tarlli'sheut raised in Ne
braska have not yet disappeared. Mana
ger Callaway has proved himself to be the
possessor of ono fmporlant qimliluation
of u business man , which for years was
almost an unknown quality at the U. P.
headquarters. Ho does not repel every
patron of the road who dares to approach
him , and he is accessible to suggestions
which have for their object tlio mutual
advantage of the company and of the
public , Competition nowadays is too
severe , and the Union Paoilio is in sueh
ilnancial straits , owing to reckless stock
jobbing and bad business management ,
Ihut ( hit nimjtinii uf lt general manager
is no sinecure. So ft : .HS Omaha
and Nebraska are concerned they would
gladly see the old antagonisms wiped out ,
Uoth the public and the railroads have
suffered from their existence. Our people
ple only ask fair , impartial and consid
erate treatment at the hands of the rail
roads , aud the maintenance of such rela
tions as should exist between business
men and their customers , regulated of
course by the laws governing common
carrier and their public patrons. If the
railroads of Nebraska withdraw their
political capppr ? from our politics , put
nn end to favoritism , which has nrousud
hostilities In every section of the state ,
mid show an inclination to repair the
mistakes of the pa t they would reap a
heavy harvest of resulting benetits.
Tin ; high license law , wherever it lias
gone into effect , ha given quite general
satisfaction both in ( lie production of a
revenue and the decrease of the number
of saloons. In regard to the effect of the
law in Illinois the St. Louis ( .Hole-Dim-
orrrtl says :
Those who have the cause of temperance
reform < < lnccicly : it heait should not oveilook
the repoit of the operation of the hlRh licence
law of Illinois. The testimony liom all
lnirts of the state Is to ( lie common effect that
tlio number of saloons tins diminished nud
the amount of revenue lui'ieasud. A show
ini ; of tills kind counts for more than all the
themli's In the world , ami the expoileuce of
Illinois is not dillVlcMit from that of other
localities vheic a similar law is In force. It
may be tlint high license will never thmouih- ;
ly supjuoss the' liquor tmille , hut , certainly ,
Its practical elTeets In that direction surpass
those of utiy other piece s that has jet been
devised.
We do not begrudge the labor and ex
pense incidental to the collection of
building statistics , but it seems to us that
Omaha is too largo a city to depend upon
private enterprise for such work. If we
had a building inspector with an ollieial
record of every house constructed , the ex
act facts and figures could be had at any
time. In all the largo cities the newspa
pers simply have .to copy the record at
the cud of each year , which is a trilling
matter when compared to the laborious
canvass of every street ami alley in a city
which covers an area of fifteen miles
square.
Si.Kin-v old St Louis is trying hard to
keep awake. Sam Jones failed to wake
ii ) ) the sleepers to any great e.xleut , and
now it is proposed to introduce the mad-
dog excitement. Although there is no
hydrophobia In St. Louis , arrangements
have been perfected for a hydro
phobia hospital where the dis
ease is to be treated according
to the latest Parisian methods of M.Pas
teur. Already mad-dogs arc being dis
covered in largo numbers , and the next
thing in order will be mad men and
women , all bitten by the hydrophobiac
canines Hydrophobia is bound to become -
come all the rage.
Mi : . Gruriv : , the originator and super
intendent of the free delivery mail ser
vice , has received a New Year's call from
Postmaster General Vilas. Notwith
standing ho lias been a very efficient
ollicer , Mr. Vilas has called for his resig
nation , as an ollice-scoking democrat
wants the place. Of course this is in
entire accord with the average demo
cratic idea of civ il service reform.
THE Bin is tlio only Nebraska daily
that dares to take its readers into its con-
lidenco and exhibit its business condition ,
its receipts , expenditures and manage
ment. The figures which will bo found
elsewhere in this issue will repay study
as showing how the lir.ii has kept up
with the rapidly advancing procession of
our city's developments.
SnxA-roit VAX WYCK is still bo\viur. !
IJtit at present his gentle nni , persuasive
bieath is directed toward the encouragement
of a senatorial llame in Nebraska. [ i'/ou-i / ;
Cltji Journal.
That flame will bo blown into a regular
old fashioned prairie fire by next full , and
it will very likely sweep the state.
HAVING failed to get its own man into
the surveyor general's ollicc , the Ilemld
now urges the abolition of the office
altogether. From a purely business
standpoint Dr. Miller may bo right , but
ho should have discovered the uselessness -
ness of the surveyor generalcy before Mr.
Morton got in his line work t Wash
ington.
Accoitm.vo to a foreign item , King
Thoelmw has four queens. This leads
the Chicago Times to conclude that the
stories of his brutality as a husband are
undoubtedly slanderous , as one king
can't beat four queens. Jt might have
added that a king-full can't do it cither.
COI.OXP.L Cir.vsi : returns from Kansas
City with his tail feathers erect. Ho has
carried his point in locating the next
river convention in Omaha. When the
Kansas City follows como up in Septem
ber they will bo floated back in chain-
pagne. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ir the regular army cannot keep down
the Apaohos and other hostiles it is cither
too small or poqrly bandied. The propo
sition to call out volunteers to hunt down
fifty savages belittles the government
ami makes the army appear ridiculous.
WE cheerfully present our local con
temporaries with a complete review of
the business of the year. They are now
at liberty to copy and enlarge upon the
work wo have done.
OMAHA enters upon the now year with
a good deal of confidence. The boom
of ' 80 will bo a land-mark to future gen
erations ,
WE leave the doctors to light out the
question of moat poisoning. What wo
want is a market house and inspector.
Wi : still want a market house In Omaha
and a health ollicor who will inspect
meats and vegetables.
HAIM'V NKW YM.Yll'H.
The drinker will swear oil ajjalu
When HID old year is gone ,
Hut the man who uses word's profane
Will probably swear on.
I'caolutlous are now In order.
A determined resolution needs no illaiy.
New Year's calls are becoming like last
year's blrd's-nests out of fashion ,
Sweating off is fashionable just now , but If
you date your lutteis lbS5 you are liable to
swear on.
Jiesolutlous for the Now Year are now on
tap , but they will inn out as ciully us witter
llovvj down hill.
The gentlemen who pay 51,000 n year for
illC privilege of dispensing liquid refresh
ments Will rftCflYO uiu.t ! calls than anybody
to-day.
When a holiday falls on Friday , Saturday
Is ot no account. It Is like u lullw.iy tinln
imilling between two big towns with a little
way station between , ut which it stops 10-
luctnutly.
Wholesome LAWS Needed.
Htr < htnil ) iV. V. ) ( itVliiM ( "Mrf ,
Wo have millionaires , double and triple
millionaire * mid billionaires excrespcncps
upon society utteilv unknown In the days of
our fathers. All of which means that v\e arc
approaching the condition of tilings Hint has
prostrated the peasantry of the old woild ,
ami which vv III destroy the llbeilles of the
people unless checked by wholesome law .
A ( li'ini Monster.
r rM t(7' ( ( .1/0.1 //TH .
Usury Is n grim monster that never sleeps
nud never tires : -SUht nud dny It laps suto
its capnrloiis maw all the surplus pioduccd
Ity labor and gloats over the misery of Its en
slaved victims who are dully dilveu to lunk-
inptoy , cilme and ulcldc. This minister
must be1 stnumled or civilisation Is n failure ,
ami history will lepi'nt Itself witlt another
cycle ol thedaik aie.s.
Too Mtuli I'altti In tlio Old Parties' ,
Tlio labeling ctnssi > s have bad a period
fioin the cieation of the world up to the pics-
cut time In which to gain supremacy. In
this age they are as they weie n thousand
} cats ago , slaves. They forge their own fet
ters , make the chain * that bind them aud
bring about their prcmatuio deaths. And
jet it dilUt-iilt to make some men believe
Hint the Min rises ami sets In anything but
either of Hie old parlies.
STATIi AMI TIjltltll'OllY.
Nebraska ilottlnjjq.
Now swear oil' .
A cord of wood costs $1 in Hushvillo.
Sheridan county has six newspapers.
A milkman's bell is used as a lire alarm
iu Hebron.
Four legal sproufs in Gage county are
named Uibb , Gagg , Uodd and lligg.
Hon. Samuel Watt" , a pioneer of
western Nebraska , died at North Plutte
on the 27th.
Hey Vo o. a 2-year old in Fremont ,
tojeil with a red hot stove Monday , and
was badly burned.
A prominent Fremont bachelor sagely
Fitggcsts that love letters should bo writ
ten on foolscap paper.
The Kpiseopnliaits of Valentine , are
planning to build a $1,700 church. Over
if.SOO has been subscribed ,
John T. Meker , charged with murder.
escaped from jail in Albion last week ami
has not been recaptured.
i'our tipplers in Springfield have put
up a forfeit of § 75 each to abstain from
the cheering wine-cup for one jear.
Tin eo propositions to build water
works have been submitted to the city
council of Hastings. They range in price
from $75,000 to SUKi.OUO.
W. C. McLean of Papillipn in all prob
ability has the oldest piece of paper
in the state. It is u copy of an order of
court issued from tlio queen's bench in
the colony of North Carolina in 1770.
Frank Crosby , of Grand Island , squan
dered ! ? . " > , 000 during the past year and at-
temntetl to drown iiovcrlyVTDlnchcs in a
final drunk , tapered "with morphine. A
stomach pump saved him from the core
ner.
ner.Conrad
Conrad KcllholV , a German farmer liv
ing near Daniiebrog , stuck the yawning
end of his loaded .shotgun in his mouth ,
and pulled the trigger with his big t'oo.
The ceiling was decorated with his brains.
The piospccl of a llood of January duns
upset his feeble mind.
Peter J. Mat /.a was killed by a passing
train ou tlio Union Pacific bridge over
the Lonp , north of Columbus , on Christ
mas day. The unfortunate man was
st. Hiding close to the track waiting for
the train to pass. It is supposed the cur
rent of tlie train threw him against the
ears , breaking his neck ami killing him
instantly. Ho leaves a wife and six chil
dren. _ _
lomi Items.
The Janesville Grand Army post has
raised ? 2o,000 to build u hall.
Ualph Potter , of Waverly , closed his
career and a protracted spree with lauda
num.
num.William
William Pohlman , a disheartened Dav
enport bachelor , suicided Sunday with a
razor and a rope.
One of the handsome h.dy hello * in the
DCS Moincs olliee , icceived iJSO in cash
and other gifts , Christmas.
A pensioner of the war of 1812 , and a
relative of the Marquis de Lafayette , is in
the Jackson county poor house.
Samuel Hell , of Jackson township ,
Madison county , hanged himself to a
rafter in the attic ono day last week.
An'Anamosa man throw a stone at a
dog , but missed the dog and struck a
little girl in the face , breaking her nose
and inflicting a bad cut over the eye.
William I' . Oehlman , of Davenport.
aged f 2 , a butcher by trade , committed
suicide Sunday by hanging with a bailer
strap iu his barn while tiio family were
away.
An old oaken bucket hanging over a
well in Kookuk , dropped on the head of
a darkey , forty feet below , and was
dashed to pieces. Tlio darkey came up
smiling with tlio rim on his arm.
Jt is reported that an attempt to poison
two families at Aspinwall , Crawl ord
county , was ntado recently by a man
mimed Soliullor , who put Paris green in
their coffee. Ho made the nustako , how
ever , of inittiiiir in too much , so that it
colored the coffee and was discovered in
time to prevent serious results.
Dakota.
Forty school houses were built in San-
born county during the year.
Sioux Falls improvements for the past
year foot up .f.W.OOO.
The army telegraph line between Wain-
diiska and Larimore Is for sale.
Tlio contest for the territorial fair will
bo decided January 1. , when the oids will
bo opened.
Klkpoint is said to bo the newspaper
cemetery of tlio territory , yet n demo
cratic paper has been started there.
Ipswich has sent east a handsome and
nopular young Imsiness man to secure a
batch ot iouug hidies anxious to got
married ,
Clilton , in Siillyjeounlv , has lately seen
beautiful mirages , the buildings ot Fort
Sully , twenty mies | away , being dis
tinctly visible.
Hapid City saloon keepers are still
fuming over the raise in license from $100
to $501) , and the council's back grows
stiller with ago.
Miller is trying to arrange tlio neces
sary preliminaries to bond the town fur
§ 10,000 , , to sink an artesian well and so-
euro a tire department.
Ipswich has shipped of this year's crop
220,000 bushels of wheat and 5SfiUO
bushels of barley , mid two-thirds of tlio
crop is yet in farmers' hands.
Larimore houstH of clean , graded and
well drained streets , good sidewalks , an
i-l 1,000 school house and one of the bent
graded schools in Dakota. Her munici
pal debt is only 1,000 , and Unit ifor a
lire engine and apparatus and water
supply. _
The mad dog scare has struck Choy-
cnno.
Cheyenne and Salt Lake City are con
nected by telephone.
Two man engaged in a duel with shot
guns near Fort rcttorman recently aud
both died at the first fire.
John McPherson , u carpenter , fell
from n scaffold in Hvauston , a distance
of sixty feet to the ground , and was
daiitjerously injured ,
The people of clioycnno ami ? * . 9nl'
lins have petitioned the Union Pacific
management to reopen and operate the
Colorado Central railroad between those
towns , The road u thirty-five miles
lone and has not been operated since
1SS2.
1SS2.A
A dashing : 3-oung torn-tit of a dude
nnmod Ilyhind , 21 years of age , has de
serted Ins bride at Cheyenne , having
tired of her. The grass widow had her
fare paid by triends to Laramte , where
perhaps she may catch him.
John MeFnrlnnd , cattle foreman for
Sung Bro . , cattle growers on Powder
river , is arrested at ihilfalo on a requisi
tion from the governor ou n warrant from
the sheriff of Corsiranna , Texas. Mo-
Furland is accused of killing : i man in
Texas in 1877.
Colorado.
Taxable property in La Platte county is
worth Ss-.OTiJ.-t.sl.
Pueblo people have raised ? t.V)0 ) for u
new opera house.
Delta county harvests $1,000 a month
from tin horn gamblers.
.Colorado has sixty seven div idem ! pay
ing mining companies , California , sixty-
eight , Nevada fitty-two , Ari/onu fourteen ,
Monta-na twelve , Utah twelve , Idajio
eleven , Dakota nine.
A grand ball to raise funds to improve
the local cemetery , was held at Kico
recently. Knough money was secured
to fence Mo local bone yard , and prevent
cattle Irom trampling on tin-fellings of
the deceased. The local undertaker ,
standing on a pail , called off the dances ,
making the necessary motions with a
hoarse plume , the collection was taken
tin in a miniature collin , the leader of the
"German" wa.s attired in a shroud of the
latest pattern , ami the "favors" were
black , and white funeral rosettes and
sprats of weeping willow. The order of
dances was headed hj a skull and bones
wood-cut , and the luM quadrille was
"Hark Fiom the Tomb a Doleful Sound. "
MURDER ED 13Y MORMONS.
The SirniiKc Carcofnml Tragic Death
of ilosopli Morris.
The career of Joseph Morris and his
death , formed one ot the jrr.mdost ami
most romantic episode in the history of
Utah , writes a coi respondent Irom Salt
Lake City to tlie ban t'raiieisco Post.
He claimed to be a prophet , seer and
rcvelator , and declared against the cor
ruptions and shortcomings of the Mor
mon hierarchy , lie was persecuted from
city to city and from place to place , and
at last retired to tlie beautiful
canyon of the Weber river , ! new
St. John iu tlie wilderness. There-many
liundredsof people gathered around hini ,
eomjiig from all parts of the territory ,
leaving their farms and all they could not
bring with them. They came with their
teams , provisions and stock , and there
for nearly two years they remained
listening 'to tint revelations ot this
desert seer , who possessed a wonderful
power to hold the people together under
the most trying circumstances. They
formed some companies.of infantry , well
armed and equipped , and the seer
Joseph was mystically hailed a * lord of
the whole earth as tlie representative of
Jesiis. Tills was in Ma.iyG2. . .
lint tlie time soon drew near when it
became evident that they who take tlio
sword must perish by the sword , for the
next month Itohcrt Burton ami the Mor
mon militia made their appearance on
tlie hills around Weber. They numbered
about 500 men , vycll armed aud supplied
With cannon. The Mormon leaders ap-
proat lied and were told that they could
come into the fort with perfect safety.
They did so , and presented the warrant
for the arrest of the MorrisiU's , but they
would not yield , ami tire was sent for
and the warrant burned in the presence
of the Mormons. After a short time
tlio attack began. Holigious services
were being held and the people were
sealed in their accustomed places men ,
women , ami children. Acannon-ball _ was
tlie lir-t salutation. It killed two women ,
one a nursing mother \\itli a babe in her
arms. Then tlio .veils of the attacking
party were hoard all around. For sonic
time alter I > firing conn.ieiieed not a
man in the camp of Weber took up arms.
Filially the word was given"Protect
your families as best jou can , but avoid
shedding blood if possible , " was the or
der. Only niuty men in the camp ear
ned arms. Burton poured shot and shell
into the fort for throe successive da.vs
from Friday morning till Sunday even
ing , the fifteenth of Juno. Ho even sent
to Salt Lake for rockets to fire the camp ,
but a heavy rain fell all day Saturday so
that they could not take effect. Mormon
ferocity had no pity for women
or children. The men dug pits in which
tlio families could take shelter from the
deadly storm of missiles. Sunday arose
with u clear , brilliant .sky , after the pour
ing rain of Saturday. Late in tliii after
noon a bugle sounded in the fort and a
flag oC truce was waved. The men whose
names were mentioned in the writ of ar
rest went to the prophet in a body , telling
him that they thought their brothern had
done all they could , and thai they were
willing to surrender and give their lives
for the sake of tlie peojdo , if necessary.
But tlio white ling was disregarded and
Burton and his men continued to ad
vance toward the fort , liri'ig all the time.
One of the men mentioned in the writ of
arrest came forward and said : "For
God's sake , and for the
sake of humanity , Mop your
firing. " To this Burton and his men paid
no attention , but rode into the tort ami
ordered the Morrisitos to stack arms ,
which was done without hesitation. Al
ter this , Burton called for Joseph Morris
and the oilier four men mentioned in tlie
writ of arrest. On their presenting them
selves ho-aid : " 1 want no more of your
infernal apostasy. I don't know how yon
have escaped as well as you have. I have
fired over .1,000 rounds of cartridges into
you and 100 cannon balls , besides shells. "
Then ho said to Joseph Morris : "Are you
willing to give unv" and on receiving no
reply , tried to ride the people down with
his powerful horse , but .Joseph , slopping
quickly forward , look hold of the bridle
with both haniN and sent the h'jiMi back
again upon his haunches.
Then lie turned to tlio people and said :
"I have taught , \ou righteous principles
from heaven. " nud then raising his head
ho exclaimed : "All those who are vviH-
ing to follow mo lo the death como this
way ! " The general cry was : "Here 1
am ! " with the exception ot it few persons
who formed a small circle and said they
could stand it no longir. Joseph then
stopped forward. Burton , boiling with
rage and followed by some othois , rode
up to him and commanded him lo give
u ] ) ill the name of tliu United Slates. Tin )
prop'lict calmly replied , folding his arms
and lookiuir up to Burton : "Never ! no
never ! " These were his Iriit words , for
Hurion IIred live shots at him , and at the
fifth lie reeled itnd fell. Ono of hi- > fol
lowers caught him in his arm- , and laid
him gently on the groun 1. After
the first shock of tlie death of the
prophet , a joung woman , holding
in her arm ? the bubo of a mother who
had been killed , came forward and , fear
lessly , confronting Burton and hii men ,
said : "You bloodthirsty hell-hound !
Why did you kill that goud man ? " Bur
ton took deliberate ] ! ) aim at her and shot
her dead , and the bubo was for the second
end tiino taken from tlio arnisuf tlio mar
tyred woman. Another woman was also
shot ut tlie same time , and the wife of one
of the arrested men , holding ni > hurdivss ,
which had been riddled with shut * dur
ing tlie light , oxcUiimed : " ( J God ! Is
thus another Mountain Meadow massa-
crov" As this time , also , one of Bin ton's
follower : ! going behind ono of the arrested -
rested mon , fired and wounded him
severely.
The mon wore encamped and put under
u strong guard till the following morn
ing , wiion they vvure marched to Salt
LIIKO City , where they where Imprisoned
for a short time , but obtained pardon
Irom tliu governor.
Acii-nrcym-uTu'C- ' 'alol ) C1 " ! '
ting shoes and a bottle of It. d si u-1 onb , ,
l'uru will miiku a man huHO' und cuu
tented.
RUNNING Dfl 'N A CONVICT ,
The Infallible Scents of tlio Southern
llonnds Tested.
An Inhibition or TlieliAVonilefftil
Nosp * at it ( .cot'uln Convict
Camp.
nnifllliill-m.
Wiille at Oldtown 1 saw n race between
a convict and the hounds. It came about
in tills way : Mr. Williams claimed , ami
he was backed by dipt , .lames , that any
convict could be selected out of a hun
dred and sent oil' lo circle through the
wood's , puling throttgii a do/.en squads
of convicts , that an hour after he could
put his hound.s on the convict's track and
Iho.v would thread him through the
qtiads of oonviels , never ho shaken from
his individual track end finally bring him
up. 1 remarked that I could uudciMaiid
how the hounds might carry a convict's
track through a crowd of outsiders Irom
some scout of the camp , but how they
could separate one convict from another
"There may ben hundred convict * , " lie
said , "clolhod precisely alike , and wear
ing precisely the same shoes. 'I'lioy may
feed together ou precisely the same food ,
and sleep in bunks that touch each other
under preeisvlv the same cover. And .vet
each ol them lias a spent that marks him
j st us distinctly to m. ) hounds from hi.s
lillmvs , as his appearance marks him
under your deliberate study. "
"And do yon expect me to believe that
the dogs can catch this scent from the
ll.ving touch of his thick shoos on tlic haul
ground ? "
"Undoubtedly. And further , lie may
Mop in a squad and eliau''v shoe * with a
convict , aud the dogs will Mill follow
him. Ou tlio hardest ground , his scent
will be plain lo them , though his shoo
solos are half an inch thick. When he
runs through the woods where his
clothes touch tlie btishos , tho.yvvill trail
him heads up , in full cry , lifly yards ,
running parallel , but aw.y from where
he ran. "
"Doyou moan that yon can take fifty
convicts , all chid in convict suits , let
them run through the bushes , then send
the convict the dogs are trailing through
tlie same bushes , and the scent of his
boil.v , lett on the yielding twigs as his
clothes brush them , will lead the hounds
through the ma/.eV"
"Yes , lifly yards away , they will run il
parallel at full speed. To prove this I
will start a convict. I will let others fol
low him through the woodn , I will lot
him make a semicircle in the woods with
lifly yards radius. When tlie hounds
come to ibis , instead of following the
curve thej vyill scent the opposite side of
the ciicle , fifty vanK away , cut across to
it , lake the track up thoro.'and follow il. "
A gaunt convict , long of leg and flank ,
was selected for the run. IIo was told to
put oil"quickly , circle in the woods' , take
a swift run over Holds , roaih , and through
every squad of convicts he could lind in
his way. This ho did. The hounds were
then loafing about the stockade , \aril , as
listless a lot of dogs as over wore SUIMI.
"I'm tempted , " .saul Mr. Williams , "to
let Ilii ! convict ride a horse for a mile or
two after he has run awhile 1 have had
dogs trail a convict on horseback four
miles , and then take the track where ho
jumped from the horse. " JJy this time
the Hying convict was a small speck on
the broad liolds , und in a moment more
had melted into tin ; horizon and was
gone , as if. indeed , lie found that liberty
lor which his .soul panted and had gone
as the sliong-vviiigod bird * go vv lieu
they vanish' in llui blue ether.
In an hour wo mounted our horses. The
hounds wvre still louling about in the
.sunshine. .Suddenly ! klr. Williams ,
squaring himself in llic saddle , blow throe
quick , short blasts on the cow's horn thai
hung at liis side. As if by magje , the
hounds awakened and charged at his sad
dle -eager , baying , frantic. "Nigger : '
he Slid seiitonioiisly. Like the wind they
were oil , nose lo'lhc ground , tails up ,
circling like beagles , larger the circles
grow , the Iiound.s silent its specters , eyes
and uoso eating the earth for its secret.
"They will pass over the tracks of con
vict squads , but will open on tlie lir.st
single track ( hey lind. If il is the
trad ; , wo will simply sit still. They will
run it a hundred yards or so , noting our
silence , will thrifty it oil' and search
ngain. When they got the right ( rack.
we will holloo and start after the hound
thai has it Tlio others will join him ,
and the race is opened. "
At last a rod hound , o.irenrins like mad
across the Held , halts suddenly , tumbles
over himself , laces about , no-cs the
ground flagorly , lifts bis head , "A-a-o-o-
o-vv-u , " and is oil' like an arrow from a
bowstring. "That's lint tr.iek , " shouts
Williams , ami after the howling hound
we go. The other dogs join in pell-mell
at lirst , then i > ach hound true to tlio
track , in full cry and at a rattling gait.
Awa.v oil' to the west L'upl. J.imcs. calls
attention lo a moving speck against tint
sky. "That is the convict circling back
to camp , " he said. On the dogs wont ,
keen ; ii the wind , inexorable as fate ,
following the trai-K of the convict as true
as his own shadow. Aciosi the tracks
of hundred of others , along high roads ,
over fields , through herds of cattle , by
other convicts thai smiled grimly as they
passed , the hounds went , holding the
track ot the Hying convict where it had
been laid as light as thistle on the linn
earth , but where it left the tell-tale seem
till the same. Nothing could shako them
oil nothing check their furious rush.
Over other tracks made by convicts wear
ing .shoos Irom the same last und same
box they went without hindoranee , led
by some intangible miracle of thu air ,
straight on a single trail.
"Now , we'll see them wind his scent
fifty yards awai , " said Williams' as W )
noiiriid a patch of forests Close to tins
was a squad of convicts. Thcso wo had
sent through the woods an hour boforn.
We had nuido "trusties , " walking singly ,
touch every bush und tree. Then ihc
convict wo were trailing was run through
making a half circle , with at least sixty
yards' radius. Tlio hounds entered the
lores ! at a hustling pace , a small red dog
taking the load. Suddenly the leader lal-
lentd lor an instant , with no.se in air ,
then bui'sl with liotce cry to tlio left , run
obliquely for full hfty yards with head up ,
when lit ! took up again the track of the
convict , ami lowered his head to the
ground , lie bad simply mudo a short cut
tieros.i the semicircle , having caught
heent of tlio convict on thu bushes i ere
thun 100 feet away. 1 am aware that
( his is incredible to those who never Boon
it. 1 e.tn not explain why it is that the
11 } ing man , clad and shod us n hundred
others , fed on the Kumci food , chained
daily to the same chain , and sleeping in
tlio * anu ) bnnka at nights , impart , to a
g twig touched b ; > his ololhes o
that it attracts a hn-.ind fifty i.irds away
Kut it certainly does just that.
Thu last test was now coming. Wo
were moving toward a umnd of oonvicU
at v , ork in ii culioii field , Wo had sent
the fugitive convict through Iliirttimiud.
U'o bad then made them walk in a
double circle around him. 'I hey then
cro "ed an I rtcroisod his tracks , many
of them wearing exui tly Mich shoes as ho
wore. One hour later the hounds struck
tills point Them wa not an instant' *
paiiiO. There v\.i no deviation , no let
up in llie pace. Through the lab.\rinlh
of tracks tliu hounds went , as swallows
through tlio air , hurrying inexorably on
the ono track they had 0110011.
The end was now near. The COIIVK t ,
having run hl race , was seen leaning
against a tree and watching tlio hound.s
plunging toward him. "Won't lie climb
the trout" I uslai'l ' "No , Hie hounds are
( ruined lo silllliK bay Ihu i ouvii tf > when
i i ruin. ; up with ill. m OUiinv-o the '
'
I'UllVlltft tV U 'l hill I I -
tiu luuu h ii.x i o.g.u-t .iuii 1 h-'y Juilau
I abitl twenty yards avraj * from the trc °
against whien ho stood ami bayed him
furi'Mi ' * ! ) . Pretty music they made , nml
not deeper than 1 have heard oflon nn I
again under it'po Mtm tree. Mr. Williams
railed thorn oil' , and the convict came
forward. "Dem puppies1 is doiu' mighty
well , eap'n , " ho said , grinning , ns he
lazily swung on his vva.v lo the stockade
Tlie o dogs are not bloi dhouniK 1
doubt if there is a bloodhound inCJpoiyla ,
tlmiith two are reported near Cnrtcr *
villo , di-sceiided from a pair owned Irv
C d. dell'Johnson in Iho ditvs of Maus"
The Oldtown dog5 ! are fo\ hounds of t .0
, IJcdjiiiiio breed , trained for several pn
' orations ( o hunt mon. They are tie r
, tempted with other game They ari
| neil nor fierce or powerful , an d are relied
j MII solol.v In trail the convict and lead hid
pursuers lo his lair.
PROSPERITY'S RUMBLES.
ofl'iiMlp Works In TlcntHco
Wnloi'Moi'ltM nmlov Uliitd-
IIIUN Planiioil.
IH : VTiiia : , N'eb. , Doe. 29 [ To the
Kdilor ] With its streets lighted by gas ,
and resonant with the rumble of street
ears , itoatrioo has taken onto itself ad
ditional airs by having under contain' ,
plation and ordinance authorizing the
issiio of $ - < iUiW ) hnnds to I'rovido ' for a
system of waterworks which will bo
voted upon .January VO and of It cari\vlu.'t
tliere is sciireely a doubt. Tlio prosperity
of the past year has boon very gratifj.n. ,
to the city if the numerous public an I
private improvements nro tiny eriter > n
and the outlook lor the coming year i
equally encouraging. Among ( lie ii"
enterprises contemplated is a lin-
Masonic Hall , to cost not less than ! * ' . . . '
000 , a now opera bouse waterworks : t
considerable extension of the street r \
way s.vstem , numoious oostly ptibi \
buildings , the now asylum for imbecile
a driving park , and an indelinito mini
her of trunk line railwa.vs.
Within the week past Hie city has been
.surfeited with a number of Mmsutio..3
that materially enhance its claim' ; lo
metropolitan dignities. The trial of A
15. Morse lor wile poisoning , .somo tint >
.since , it will bo remembered , resulted i i
a verdict of murder in tlie lirM degreo.
the most important testimony tuhtiiced
against him , being the analysis of Mrs.
Morse's stomach b > Dr. Clark , of Stilton.
Nob. , who declared Iho presence 01
.strychnine-in the stomach , and who sub-
milted a. vial purporting to contain u
portion of the said stomachal contents in
a. ehlorot'orinie solution. Morse's atlor-
noy , Co I. Colby , in an able.argument before -
fore the inry , demonstrated the fallacy
of Dr. Clark's amilv.sis by drinking u
large proportion of the content * of
tlie vial in tlie presence of
the court and jury. Withal this
tlio jury returned a verdict against
Morse as staled. Judge Mroudy deterred
Fcnleueo und postponed a final Hearing
in the ease until the DIM of .December , in
order to give tlio defendant's attorneys
an opportunity to file a motion for u now
trial. Half ol Mr.s. Alor.se'- , Monmch was
subsequently given to i'rof. Nicholson , of
Lincoln , lor anal.vsis , who discovered the
presence of strychnine , but who after a
most critical examination faijed to dis
cover any in llio eliloroformic solution
submitted by Mr. Clark. In view of this
lact Jud o Ilroady , ou tlio1st hist. ,
granted the defendant a new trial , and
his attorneys are now endeavoring to se
cure his release on bail. Morse is quite
an aged man , being past 7t , and his long
eonlineinent in jail has seriously im
paired hi.s health. There is considerable
.sympathy fell for the old man , and the
popnJar impression prevails that hois
innocent.
The ease of Jack Marion , who is iir
jail here under seiitcneo of death , will
probably be thrown out of the supreme
court , owing to the apparent negligence
of his attorneys iu filing iho necessary
docnmoniA to procure him anew hearing.
MarionS Iriends who have stood by him
thus far seem to be growing indilierent
as to his late , and the prospect of an ox-
edition in tne sacred precincts of J5oa-
trice m the near future is encouraging.
The lieatrice Keiiubliean was levied
iilon yesterday by tlio holders of a ohut-
tlc mortgage against it , and it is adver
tised for constubjcV sale to lake place
January i0th. ! Alraiigcmonts will bo
made to continue its publication however
for the present. Its friends are not in
clined to relinquish the field entirely to
the K\pross and .Democrat especially in
view of thu ajiproaching political cam
paign. The hxpross is ordinarily classed
as the or < jan of ox-Senator 1'addoel : and
will boallcd upon to push the gubermi-
toriiij aspirations ot Mr. S. C' . Smith of
thu city. The Republican friends of Mr.
VanWyok are not disposed to have him
without an organ horn oven though the
wily Dcmoi rat is giving tlio senior sen
ator numerous very friendly boosts. Iii
Ibis view il is then very probable that flic
Iiopubliean will bo resuscitated and
placed 011 a firmer bu.sis than it has horo-
toloro on jo ) cd.
Tip ) ppslollieo war lias relapsed into a
very quiescent state. Tlio Knowing onca
claim thai Mr. Drum bus sent in his re
signation , and will upon his retirement
from the cares ami turmoil of the ollico ,
go to Klurida to recuperate his health ,
liifrg s fnends arc not qmtn so con lid out
of his elmnoos us Drum's successor , us
they were some weeks ago. ( ! . i' , Mar
vin .seems to lead his competitor by sov-
cial lengths. He lias succeeded in unit
ing the democratic factions to all intents
and purposes , aud unless all signs fail , ho
will he the next postmaster of Heatricc ,
at li'.int such seems to be tliu popular im
pression and apparent wish.
The Waistband null I In ; Sliowar ol'
Pall Mall ( iiixottoMr. . Slreetnr , the
jowellor , told our reprohimtativo this sto
ry : "Just alter the lull of I'oltin n sus
picious fellow culled upon mo , and , talc
ing mu aside , snid he had jusi returned ,
imd had something lo show IIIK 'Where
isilVlsaul. 'jJown at ( Iravcsond1 ; and
a day or two afterward , haying got the
rcnue/vous , a friend and iiiv ell set out
down tin river , each with his revolver.
Wo got down , went to n house in alow
quarter , and were passed into the man's
bedroom , where ho was living 'Now ,
my man , what him1 you got * ' lie wild ,
' ( .omo licio , and 1 will show jou , ' mo-
tioiiuirr me to go behind the bed I didn't
quite like it. but he reassured me und
when he bad mo face to lace , keeping my
eyes on him , and my hand on ni > pistol ,
ho let down his trousers and bade me put
my hand on a bit which wan strapped
round his waist. 'I waul UJO.OiiO f r th tit ,
im said , softly. 'Wil ! you gno it * ' At-
tor some persuasion ho opi indJin bclt-
iiiid poured out a tiliower nt d ninoiul.
which lighted up the shabby rooms
'lA here Hid you gel them from t1 He ro1
fused to say , and after some bargaining
wo came to forms , lie ban. led mo the
diamonds , and then 1 turned round and
said , 'Now , my man , il , vou will call ut
- my baiiker'rt , ) on will lind n check
read ) for you at id it. m. lo morrow morn-
ing. But before that I mint hav refer
ences -iiiil an account. ' Ho guvi I lion to
me v\illi < nit u murmur , and 1 touiid them
all i lulu "
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